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Column: Tragedy spurs fire-safety improvements
Posted: 04/27/2016, 12:34 pmWhen a tragedy happens in the Dirt Late Model world, the reverberations can't be contained. So it was with the on-track disaster that took the 26-year-old life of Wheelersburg, Ohio’s Charlie Floyd, who succumbed April 19 after suffering Full Story
Quick Time: Balancing success on national tours
Posted: 04/27/2016, 07:38 amTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Satterlee's perfect pass leads to biggest victory
Posted: 04/24/2016, 04:51 pm By Kevin KovacHAGERSTOWN, Md. (April 23) — Gregg Satterlee had specific thoughts swirling through his head as he relentlessly chased Hall of Fame driver Scott Bloomquist for the lead in the final circuits of Saturday night’s 60-lap Stanley Schetrompf Full Story
Late Ohio driver brave man, passionate racer
Posted: 04/20/2016, 04:06 pmThe first order of business Friday afternoon at Southern Ohio Speedway for driver Charlie Floyd and crewman Dustin Appling was making repairs — of damage inflicted while unloading Floyd’s No. 99F Rocket Chassis for the season opener. Full Story
Column: Wilmoth's big shot ends all too soon
Posted: 04/20/2016, 02:49 pmHow does a race car driver feel when the golden opportunity they’ve long dreamed of — a shot to travel the country as a World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series regular — disintegrates before spring is even half over? Just ask Full Story
Quick Time: There's no time like the first time
Posted: 04/20/2016, 12:44 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Injured Ohio dirt racer, 26, succumbs to injuries
Posted: 04/20/2016, 06:49 amSuccumbing to severe burns suffered in a rollover accident Friday night at his hometown Southern Ohio Speedway, Dirt Late Model racer Charlie Floyd of Wheelersburg, Ohio, died Tuesday night at Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital, according Full Story
Notes: Pierce manages to stay out front at 34
Posted: 04/17/2016, 08:25 amWEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (April 16) — Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., entered the weekend looking for his first victory of the season. He was in position to win Friday night, leading virtually all the way at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Full Story
Column: In his various roles, McDowell on a roll
Posted: 04/13/2016, 02:51 pmThe last couple weeks have been pretty good to Dale McDowell. There was, for one, the home run the veteran driver from Chickamauga, Ga., hit as a racetrack promoter on April 1 when Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Ga. — the third-mile Full Story
Fast Talk: Warming up with racing discussion
Posted: 04/11/2016, 09:51 amOur roundtable wraps up the weekend’s racing and looks ahead to the upcoming weekend in Out-Pace Racing Products-sponsored Fast Talk (edited for clarity and length): After a frigid weekend, here’s a fun exercise: describe, in chilling Full Story
Notes: Junghans intends to make brother proud
Posted: 04/09/2016, 09:03 am By Alli CollisWHEEL, Tenn. (April 8) — Recent weeks haven’t been easy for World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series regular Chase Junghans of Manhattan, Kan. On March 12, Junghans’s older brother Grant, a two-time winner on the United States Full Story
Notes: A quick study, Horton takes Super step
Posted: 04/07/2016, 09:34 am By Alli CollisIt was near the end of the 2015 season that Austin Horton of Newnan, Ga., made the jump from the Limited Late Model division to Supers, competing close to home as he adjusted to the different engine and horsepower. But it didn’t take Full Story
Column: The sky's the limit for speedy Georgian
Posted: 04/06/2016, 04:33 pmAny discussion about the steady rise of Donald McIntosh in the Dirt Late Model world must begin with two primary facts: he just turned 23 on March 16, and 2016 represents merely his fourth full season of open-competition action. In the Full Story
Notes: Poor qualifying zaps Shirley at Illini 100
Posted: 04/05/2016, 08:33 am By Alli CollisFARMER CITY, Ill. (April 3) — Entering Farmer City Raceway’s Douglas Dodge Ram Trucks Illini 100 weekend, Brian Shirley of Chatham, Ill., had high expectations. Coming off a sweep of La Salle (Ill.) Speedway’s Thaw Brawl just one Full Story
Notes: Loss doesn't leave Landers dejected
Posted: 04/03/2016, 07:49 amPHENIX CITY, Ala. — In making his most serious bid for his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory of the season, Jared Landers of Batesville, Ark., ended up falling three laps short. | RaceWire But Landers, who settled for a Full Story
Quick Time: Spring look at driver stock market
Posted: 03/30/2016, 04:03 pmTake a quick lap around the proverbial dirt track with managing editor Todd Turner (with assistance from staffer Andy Savary) for a roundup of Dirt Late Model racing through the latest weekend of action along with some other quirks of racing Full Story
Column: Shirley's start thrilling for team owner
Posted: 03/30/2016, 03:50 pmSo, do you think Bob Cullen is glad he decided to field a full-time Dirt Late Model effort for Brian Shirley this year? Next question, please. In the wake of Shirley’s $20,000 Thaw Brawl sweep last weekend at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway Full Story
More comments from DirtonDirt.com's driver survey
Posted: 03/29/2016, 03:08 pm By Andy Savary and Todd TurnerOther questions in DirtonDirt.com’s anonymous survey lent themselves to more comments from drivers. A sampling from some of the most interesting responses (main survey story): Commissioner McDowell? In a sport that’s divided and subdivided Full Story
Bloomquist, Eldora, FALS touted in driver survey
Posted: 03/29/2016, 03:13 pm By Andy Savary and Todd TurnerWhat Dirt Late Model racers say for public consumption is one thing. But when camera lights fade and the digital recorders click off, reporters and fans sometimes have one more pressing question. “How do you really feel?” And in launching Full Story
Birky's La Salle return welcomed, if a bit bumpy
Posted: 03/29/2016, 07:36 amLa SALLE, Ill. (March 26) — The quick-witted humor that made Brian Birkhofer such a popular — and quotable — race car driver didn’t wane during his year-and-a-half away from the sport. When Birkhofer was asked to review his first Full Story
Notes: Heckenast seeks aggressiveness balance
Posted: 03/28/2016, 01:48 pmLa SALLE, Ill. (March 26) — Frank Heckenast Jr. of Frankfort, Ill., thought he had himself perfectly positioned for a huge home-state victory in Saturday night’s 75-lap Thaw Brawl finale at La Salle Speedway. | RaceWire “I’ve run Full Story
Returning Babcock gets back in groove for BPM
Posted: 03/28/2016, 10:10 am By Alli CollisUNION, Ky. (March 26) — While most of the Dirt Late Model world was focused on La Salle (Ill.) Speedway’s Thaw Brawl and Brian Birkhofer’s return to the driver’s seat, the 2014 Knoxville Late Model Nationals winner wasn’t the Full Story
Notes: Weaver, J.D. a potent combo at Senoia
Posted: 03/28/2016, 06:36 amRandy Weaver was the highest-profile crew chief in the Dirt Late Model world Friday at Senoia (Ga.) Raceway — and as much as the veteran standout from Crossville, Tenn., loves driving, he was fine with watching his Chip Stone-owned No. Full Story
Coalescing team boosts Shirley to early success
Posted: 03/26/2016, 11:52 amLa SALLE, Ill. (March 25) — With Brian Shirley’s victory in the 50-lap Thaw Brawl preliminary feature Friday night at La Salle Speedway continuing his excellent early-2016 performance, he was posed an entirely appropriate postrace question. “Have Full Story
IMCA champ set to soak up Birkhofer's expertise
Posted: 03/24/2016, 12:27 pm By Kevin KovacTypically Justin Kay of Wheatland, Iowa, wouldn’t be especially excited about attending a race he wasn’t competing in. This weekend’s Thaw Brawl at La Salle (Ill.) Speedway, however, is a different story. With the wildly popular Full Story
